# CVE-2026-18405: JANNAH Jeg Kit for Elementor stored cross-site scripting in comments

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-18405-jannah-jeg-kit-for-elementor-stored-cross-site-scripting-in  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-09-18. Updated: 2026-09-26  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-18405 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.2 · Published 2026-09-18

Jeg Kit for Elementor is a WordPress plugin that provides advanced widgets and templates for the Elementor page builder. The plugin is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) through comment content, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts that execute when users view affected pages. Exploitation requires that the page contains a legitimate Jeg Kit Countdown widget, which triggers the vulnerability when processing forged widget markup in comments.

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-18405 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-18405 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-18405?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.2, published 18 September 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** JANNAH Jeg Kit for Elementor up to and including 3.2.16.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-18405?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**How is CVE-2026-18405 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a software library.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-18405?** Check whether anything you run is named in the advisory. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

The vulnerability is a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw caused by insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of comment content. An unauthenticated attacker can inject arbitrary JavaScript into page comments using forged Jeg Kit Countdown widget markup. When a page containing a legitimate Countdown widget is accessed, the widget's frontend initialization script processes all matching DOM elements on the page—including the attacker's injected markup in comments—and executes the malicious script without proper validation. This affects all versions up to and including 3.2.16. The attack requires a page with an active Countdown widget to trigger script execution.

## Affected products

- JANNAH Jeg Kit for Elementor up to and including 3.2.16

## Timeline

- 2026-09-18: disclosed

## References

- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jeg-elementor-kit/tags/3.2.10/assets/js/elements/countdown.js](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jeg-elementor-kit/tags/3.2.10/assets/js/elements/countdown.js)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jeg-elementor-kit/tags/3.2.10/class/elements/views/class-countdown-view.php](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jeg-elementor-kit/tags/3.2.10/class/elements/views/class-countdown-view.php)